Today the penguins from Jenkinson’s Aquarium visited Gillian’s school. They visit every year. Check out some of my previous posts about the penguin visit: 1) 2011 Penguins & Toothbrushes, 2) 2011 Yoshi & Checkers and 3) 2013 Penguins. I picked up Gillian from school today. In her cubby was an adorable picture of a penguin. When I… Continue reading Penguin visit
Gillian found Buddy, our elf on the shelf, in her room this morning. He was riding one of her toy horses. I guess Buddy wasn’t holding on too tightly. After bath tonight, Gillian slammed her drawer shut and Buddy fell. He feel to the floor just missing hitting Gillian on his way down. Gillian was… Continue reading The accident
This morning John was awake super early. Since he was up early I asked him to wake up Gillian. I heard him wake her up. He was sweet and the two of them headed to my room to find Buddy, our elf. John stopped Gillian and said “Um, Gill. Your hair.” And he patted her… Continue reading Crazy hair
I picked up Gillian from school today. In the car on our way to get John, Gillian wanted to play I Spy again. But I didn’t want to play. I guess she got frustrated with me, so she started to quack. Instead of calling her out on making the noise, every time she would quack… Continue reading The duck
I made meatballs and pasta for dinner tonight. I served everyone their dinner and we proceeded with talking about our day. I watched John help himself to seconds and I saw him make sure he got two extra meatballs. Gillian asked me “Mama, can I have another meatball?” I said “Sorry, Johnny got the rest… Continue reading The meatball
Today I got Gillian dressed for Thanksgiving. I sent her downstairs to play while I got ready. I was taking too long and she came to find me. I was very surprised to find that she had added to her outfit. She found quite a few accessories. She even put clips in her hair! My… Continue reading Never enough accessories
I picked up the kids from school today and as Gillian and I walked out of school, she asked “Can we play I spy?” I said “Of course.” As we drove to get John, we played “I Spy.” Gillian is not very good. So we stick to simple ideas. I started and said “I spy… Continue reading I spy
I snuggled up with Gillian tonight and watched her put her fingers through the loops on her manket (her favorite green blanket that Grandma crocheted). I don’t even think she realizes she is doing it. It is just routine. I asked her “Why do you do that?” She said “‘Cause, Grandma makes the loops. And… Continue reading ‘Cause
Today was the annual Thanksgiving Pageant at Gillian’s school. All the classes sing songs and then they have a turkey lunch. Since Gillian’s class was going to sing songs about turkeys, all the kids in her class had headbands with turkey legs on them. Here are some videos of the songs. Once again, TLC put… Continue reading Thanksgiving pageant
This morning, I found two paper bracelets in Gillian’s bookbag. I asked her about them. She said “They’re bracelets. I made them.” Yup. She was very helpful. Tonight, Daddy asked her “Gillian, what are these?” She said “Bracelets. And when you wear them you turn into whatever super hero you want.” She put them on,… Continue reading The bracelets
John and Gill went up a hill 